Viscounts of Narbonne

Viscounts of Narbonne

The Viscount of Narbonne was the secular ruler of Narbonne in the Middle Ages. Narbonne had been the capital of the Visigoth province of Septimania, until the eighth century, after which it became the Carolingian Viscounty of Narbonne. Narbonne was nominally subject to the Carolingian Counts of Toulouse but was usually governed autonomously. The city was a major port on the Mediterranean Sea. In the twelfth century, the court of Ermengarde of Narbonne (reigned 1134 to 1192) presided over one of the cultural centers where the spirit of courtly love was developed. In the fifteenth century Narbonne passed to the County of Foix and in 1507 to the royal domain of France.

Viscounts of Narbonne

Muslim emirs

*Umar ibn Umar (747-?)
*Abd ar-Rahman ibn Uqba (?-759)

Visigothic counts

*Gilbert (c. 750)
*Milo (c. 752-753)
*Unknown (753-759)

Carolingian counts and viscounts

*Milo (restored, 759?-790? attested in 782)
*Adhemar (c. 790-817)
*Berà (817-820, also Count of Barcelona)
*Leibulf of Provence (c. 820-828)
*Bernat of Septimania (828-829, also Count of Barcelona)
*Gaucelm (829-830, also Count of Roussillon)
*Bernat of Septimania (restored, 830-832)
*Berenguer of Toulouse (832-835, also Count of Barcelona)
*Bernat of Septimania (restored, 835-844)
*Sunifred (844-848, also Count of Barcelona)
*Guillem of Septimania (848-849, also Count of Barcelona)
*Aleran (849-852, also Count of Barcelona)
*Odalric (852-857, also Count of Barcelona)
*Humfrid (857-865, also Count of Barcelona)
*Bernat of Gothia (865-878, also Count of Barcelona)
*Bernat Plantapilosa (878)
*(After 830 the counts were gradually reduced to viscounts)

Carolingian "vigerii"

*Magnari (c. 790-c. 800)
*Esturmio (800-811)
*Quixilà (811-817)

Independent viscounts

*Quixila (817-821)
*Agilbert (821-832)
*Alfonse (832-834)
*Stephen (834-836)
*Ermengard (836-852)
**Augustine (with Ermengard, 836-852)
*Alaric (852-876)
**Francis I (with Alaric, 852-876)
*Lindoi (876-878)
*Maiol I (878-911)
*Gauger or Gualquer (c. 911)
*Francis II (c. 911-924)
*Odo I (924-933)
**Volverad (with Odo, c. 924-926)
*Matfred I (933-966 or 969)
**Maiol II (with Matfred, 933-952)
*Raymond I (c. 969-1019/1023)
*Berenger (1019/1023-c. 1066)
*Raymond II (1066-1067)
*Bernard (1066-c. 1077)
*Aimery I (1077-1105)
*Aimery II (1105-1134)
*Ermengarde (1134-1192)
**Alphonse I of Toulouse claimed the regency of Narbonne from 1134 to 1143 during Ermengarde's minority

House of Lara

*Peter of Lara (1192-1202)
*Aimery III (1202-1239)
*Amalric I (1239-1270)
*Aimery IV (1270-1298)
*Amalric II (1298-1328)
*Aimery V (1328-1336)
*Amalric III (1336-1341)
*Aimery IV (1341-1388)
*William I (1388-1397)
*William II (1397-1424)

House of Tinières

*Peter of Tinières (1424-1447, ruled as William III)

House of Foix

*Gaston IV of Foix-Grailly (1447-1468, also Count of Foix)
*John of Foix (1468-1500, also Count of Étampes)
*Gaston de Foix (1500-1507, also Duke of Nemours and Count of Étampes)
*"passes to Louis XII of France"

ources

* Jacqueline Caille, "Ermengarde, vicomtesse de Narbonne (1127/29-1196/97). Une grande figure féminine du midi aristocratique", in "La femme dans l'histoire et la société méridionales (IXe-XIXe siècles), Actes du 66e congrès de la Fédération Historique du Languedoc Méditerranéen et du Roussillon" (Narbonne, October 15-16, 1994), Montpellier, 1995, pages 9-50.
* Thierry Stasser, "La maison vicomtale de Narbonne aux Xe et XIe siècles", Annales du Midi, v. 204, 1993, p. 489-507.


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